Refrigerator lining



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H. C. FRATT REFRIGERATOR LINING Filed Feb. 15, 1925 Nov. 24 1.1925.

Patented Nov. 24, 1925.

UNITED STATES HARRY C. F12/ATT, OF NORRISTOW'N, PENNSYLVANIA.

REFRIGERATOR LINING.

Application filed February 13, 1925.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, HARRY C. FRA'rfr, a citizen of the United States,residing at Norristown, in the 'county of Montgomery and State ofPennsylvania, have invented new and useful Improvements in RefrigeratorLinings, of which the following is a speciiication.

My invention is a refrigerator lining and its primary object is toprovide a lining for refrigerators which is so constructed and arrangedas to eliminate grooves or corners for the accumulation of food productsor other foreign matter which would tend to render the refrigeratorunsanitary.

A further object of the invention is to provide a refrigerator liningwhich permits the partition and shelf or ice supporting pan to beremoved so that the interior of the refrigerator may be kept in asanitary condition at all times.

With the preceding and other objects and advantages in mind, theinvention consists in the novel combination of elements, constructionand arrangement of parts and opera-tions, to be hereinafter specificallyreferred to, claimed and illustrated in the accompanying drawings,wherein:

Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view of the refrigerator embodying myimprovement.

Figure 2 is a horizontal sectional view taken on line 2-2 of Figure 1,and

Figure 3 is a f agmentary sectional view taken on line 3 3 of Figure 2.

Referring to the drawings in detail wherein corresponding characters ofreference denote corresponding parts throughout the several views, thenumeral 5 designates a refrigerator of a conventional character havingthe usual door 6 at the front thereof.

The invention contemplates a novel lining which may be galvanized ironor suitable non-corrosive metal. This lining is indicated at 19 and issubstantially rectangular and open at the front thereof. The outer edgeof the lining is formed with a marginal flange 11 which engages over theedges of the refrigerator frame, sho-wn in Figure 1. As clearly shown inFigure 2, the lining is arranged in spaced relation to the sides, andrear wall of the refrigerator to provide a dead air space therebetweenwhich serves to retain the cool air in the refrigerator and prevent theingress of heat.

Serial No. 9,052.

The lining 19 is provided with a central longitudinal channel or groove12 which receives a double walled partition 13. The forward edge of thispartition is accommodated in a recessed face 14 of one of theV frameelements of the refrigerator.

The invention also contemplates a removable metallic ice supporting pan15 having a marginal flange 16 and further provided with a pair ofspaced bosses or tongues 17 which is received in channels or grooves 17formed in the rear wall of the lining 19. The forward edge of this panrests in a recessed face 14 of one of the frame members of therefrigerator. lt will be observed that in order to move the icesupporting pan it F A drip tube 18 leads from the rear end of H this panfor the purpose of conducting drippings therefrom.

From the disclosure it will be appa-rent that I have provided a simpleand ineXpensive lining for refrigerators which is constructed from oneiece so that crevices and grooves will be e iminated which usuallyrender the refrigerator unsanitary. Also the partition and icesupporting pan may be removed at will for the purpose of cleaning thesame and the lining proper.

Thile l. have shown and described the preferred embodiment of theinvention, I desire to have it understood that such changes may be madein the form, construction, arrangement of parts and operations as willnot depart from the spirit of the invention or the scope of thesubjoined claims.

lhat is claimed is 1. The combination with a refrigerator, of a metalliccasing arranged therein and spaced from the walls of the refrigeratorand provided with groove and a plurality of sockets in its rear wall, apartition arranged within the casing and having one edge received in thegroove and an ice supporting pan provided with projections on its rearedge which are received in the sockets.

2. The combination with a refrigerator lies the outer edge of part ofthe refrigerator casing, the metallic casing being provided With Socketsin its rear Wall, a. partition arranged vertically in the metalliccasing and :L refrigerator pan arranged horizontally in the metalliccasing und having a marginal Hnge, projections formed on the marginalflange and received in the Sockets in the metallic casing, and asupporting element upon which the forward edge o'i' the pun rests,

In testimony whereof I nliix my signature.

HARRY C. FRATT.

